Susan Baser, MD
Neurology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1659370559
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 54 payments — averaging $373.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$11K
- MDD US Operations, LLC$7K
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc$725
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$513
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.$227
- Kyowa Kirin, Inc.$108
- plus $229 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,70023%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,73558%
- Travel & lodging$2,61813%
- Food & beverage$1,0315%
- Education$1111%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 10 | $11,275 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 15 | $7,118 |
| Acorda Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $725 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | $513 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 7 | $227 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 5 | $89 |
| Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Amgen | 1 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $26 |
| Avion Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $22 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$20,195 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| GocovriAmantadine Hcl | 57 | $189,143 |
| IngrezzaValbenazine Tosylate | 23 | $164,478 |
| NeuproRotigotine | 73 | $76,487 |
| RytaryCarbidopa/Levodopa | 19 | $43,030 |
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 843 | $41,399 |
| NourianzIstradefylline | 12 | $35,878 |
| Rasagiline Mesylate | 136 | $32,786 |
| Entacapone | 129 | $30,893 |
| XadagoSafinamide Mesylate | 20 | $21,737 |
| AmantadineAmantadine Hcl | 334 | $18,999 |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa ErCarbidopa/Levodopa | 234 | $16,633 |
| Methazolamide | 11 | $11,494 |
| Primidone | 174 | $9,074 |
| Rivastigmine | 37 | $8,906 |
| Carbidopa | 11 | $8,530 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| MDD US Operations, LLCGocovri | $7,118 | $189,14357 claims |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Ingrezza | $513 | $164,47823 claims |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc.Nourianz | $108 | $35,87812 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 75th percentile of 941 neurology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other neurology in Pittsburgh
- Jan DrappatzPittsburgh$4M
- Paula ClemensPittsburgh$2.1M
- Anoopum GuptaPittsburgh$2M
- Valerie SuskiPittsburgh$1.7M
- Oscar LopezPittsburgh$1.5M
- Islam ZaydanPittsburgh$976K
- Amber van LaarPittsburgh$760K
- James ValerianoPittsburgh$714K
- Lana ChahinePittsburgh$633K
- Frank LiebermanPittsburgh$511K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.